924円 Should a man be free to kill his adulterous wife? This is the most notorious trial for the most notorious crime of the eighteenth century. Count Guido Franceschini is accused of murdering his beautiful young wife Pompilia, said to have eloped with a handsome young priest. But did they actually co...

10,612円 This is the first in-depth study of the feminist movement that swept Italy during the "long 1970s" (1968-1983), and one of the first to use a combination of oral history interviews and newly-released archive sources to analyze the origins, themes, practices and impacts of "second-wave" feminism. ...

700円 Am 24. August des Jahres 79 n. Chr. ereignete sich der letzte große Vulkanausbruch des Vesuv. Die durch frühere Eruptionen aufgehäuften Steinmassen, Asche und Bimsstein, stürzten in den Krater, wurden wieder ausgeworfen und verschütteten die Umgebung des Vulkans. Mit starken Regengüssen schlammar...

11,772円 This book introduces the reader to the relationship between the Italian national movement, achieved by the Risorgimento, and the Italian unification in 1860. These themes are discussed in detail and related to the broader European theatre. Covering the literary, cultural, religious and political ...

164円 First published in 1859. Biographies of ten Italian women -- Saint Catherine of Siena, Caterina Sforza, Vittoria Colonna, Tullia D'Aragona, Olympia Morata, Isabella Andreini, Bianca Cappello, Olympia Pamfili, Elisabetta Sirani, and La Corilla.

300円 Dieses eBook: "Geschichte der Stadt Rom im Mittelalter vom V. bis zum XVI. Jahrhundert" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821-1891) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller und Historiker. Zur Geschichte ...

350円 Extrait : II y a bien longtemps que je vous promets le récit de mes aventures ; je veux tenir aujourd'hui ma parole. Puisque nous voici réunis, moins pour nous livrer à des dissertations savantes, que pour ranimer par des contes plaisants la gaieté de nos entretiens, profitons, mes amis, de l'heu...

4,510円 Ada Gobetti's Partisan Diary is both diary and memoir. From the German entry into Turin on 10 September 1943 to the liberation of the city on 28 April 1945, Gobetti recorded an almost daily account of events, sentiments, and personalities, in a cryptic English only she could understand. Italian s...

4,239円 A prolific member of the Tuscan verismo school of literary realism, Mario Pratesi (1842–1921) was much respected during his career but sadly neglected after his death. Using Pratesi’s personal archive, now preserved at Victoria College in the University of Toronto, Reviewing Mario Pratesi takes P...

878円 Un saggio divulgativo, spregiudicato e allo stesso tempo approfondito sul grosso rivolgimento socio-culturale che avvenne nel decennio compreso tra il periodo del Punk e la caduta del Muro di Berlino, una decade seconda solo ai favolosi anni '60 per importanza e rilevanza. Gli anni '80 richiamano...

2,102円 The 'fatal charm of Italy' has held Lord Byron – and millions of tourists ever since – in its spell. Yet, beneath 'the brilliant and vivacious surface', what are the realities of Italian life? Few writers have ever painted a portrait of their compatriots as crisp, frank and fearless as Luigi Barz...

2,750円 **'Norwich has loved and understood Venice as well as any other Englishman has ever done' Sunday Times 'Will become the standard English work of Venetian history' Financial Times** ___________________ Renowned historian, and author of A Short History of Byzantium, John Julius Norwich's classic hi...